Folding ironing table



7 1935. c. w. SADENWATER 1,937,219

FOLDING IRONING TABLE Filed Sept. 30, 1933 CHARLES k SADENMQTEB Patented Jan. 8, 1935 FoLpi G mums. ABLE -Ch arlestw. Sadenwater, Saginaw, to Saginaw'Manufacturing 60., a. cor'porationofMichlgan .Michi; assignor "i Application Septemberfii),1933,SerialiNo 69h603 3 Claims. (cr es-10) I My invention with collapsible relatesitdfolding ironing tables of the'typein, which an ironing.

board isprovided legs, that can be. folded up parallelrwith-the board for storing;

More particularly, th such tables wherein the i to its under side and apair. of rear e invention pertains to roning board has pivoted a centrally arranged front leg legs, with connectingrods pivoted to the front leg near the rearlegs intermediate their also a locking rod member its foot and pivoted to ends. pivotally connected with the rear legs intermediate their ends. Tables of that kind are illustrated I and described in United StatesPatent No. J. Gilbert, wherein the shown :and described as withthefront leg locking member preferably made of met My present invention of constructionof the of the front leg and ass 1,627,556 issued to Henry locking rod member is being slidingly' connected by means of a collar or common slidingly; mountedon the central member of ,the front i leg, this leg member being a1 tubing. relatesto certain details locking rod member, and

ociated parts, which details are designed to simplify the construction shown in the said patent, and which shall provide maximum strength and stability while enabling the leg struction to be made of wood instead of' metal tubing, and facilitating the man thereby reducing the cost ufacture and assemblage of the parts, with consequent economy in the production of the article.

I have found that a slidable sleeve connection between the locking rod member and the as exemplified in the earlier structure is entirely satisfactory when front the front leg is made of metal tubing, but is not commercially practicable when the leg is of wood, of swelling,

because of the likelihood shrinking or warping. My improvement, therefore, is directed to a structure wherein the desired folding and unfolding movements of the supporting structure can be accomplished without using any sleeve or equivalent member that is required to slide leg in order to lengthwise along the front permit the legs and braces to unfold or to be folded up flatwise against the under side of the board.

My invention also includes a novel means whereby the locking rod member is enabled to latch itself to the front leg when the table is extended for use, to insure against accidentally folding up the legs, and to makeit easy for the user to unlatch the parts and so permit them to be folded up for stowing.

With those objects in that will appear later in view and certain others the specification, I have v scribed in There is Saginaw, Mich.,

devised and inventedthe ironing board' that is i1- lustrated-in the: accompanying drawing andldeing inithe particular.

ldetail herein after, my

construction I and; arrangeinvention residment of the locking rod members-and the manner in which they are; the "front leg. '2 Q In my .co-pendingapplication of even with, Serial No. 691,602,. scribed a folding ironing. which is particularly strong,

and in' certain respects after described. In theever, Ihave'claimed.

hinged: and. connected I to datehere I have shown and. detable'. of this character .stable and ambient, issimilar to that herein-.- present application, how

common toboth applications and-believed to be.

patentably, novel;

In the accompanying,

the-features of construction drawing; Figure 1 is:a

side view ofthe tablewith the legs extended'toi working position, position of the legs and an intermediate or partly folded the locking .members being indicated diagrammatically by broken lines,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary'enlarged detailof the.

structure whereby the table is extended for use.

Figure 3 is a perspec member.

The same reference same parts in the Numeral 1 designates tive view of the latching characters indicate the several views.

the ironing board to.

which is pivotally connected the centrally arranged front leg 2 and a pair of rear legs 3. Connecting rods 4 are pivoted at 5 to the front leg: 2 near its foot and are also pivotally connected with the rear legs at 6. The sists of two divergent b locking rod member conars '7 pivotally connected with the rear legs intermediate their ends, as at pivots 6.

The means embodying my invention whereby the front ends of the bars nected to the front leg Each bar 7 is pivoted at latching member, shown The side bars 9, 9 are as to receive the front leg jacent the pivots 8 the bars 2 will now be described. 8. to a side bar 9 of a in perspective in Fig. 3. spaced apart sidewise so 2 between them. Ad-

9, 9 are connected together in their spaced relation by a member 10 that also serves as a ing rod member, made ably fastened to tended for use. pin-and-slot connected the leg 2 The other ends of bars 9, 9 are latch by which the lockup of bars 7, '7; is releaswhen the table is exto leg 2 intermediate its ends, the pin being designated by numeral 11, the

slot by 12.

Near the pivotal board 1, the leg is provi rected detent member connection of leg 2 with the ded with an upwardly di- 13, and a cut-away por- 7 are operatively coned or straight position isleeve at. the ends equally effective gaging member 10 from member v13. The parts 7,

and 9 then become in effect parts of a togglejoint 6, 8, 11. The joint 8 is urged downwardly as indicated by thearrow, Fig. 1, past its fully extend- 8'. Meanwhile the front and rear legs have assumed the positions shown by the broken center lines. position 8' the toggle members arefiexe'd in the opposite sense and the front underneath the board as shown in dotted lines.

tion in the direction ofthe arrows, Fig. ,1, through about half a circle, until the bars 9 have been alined with the leg 2yc1asping its sides so as to assist in holding it centrally against the under side of the board.

It is now plain that-the structure above described provides a means for firmly locking the toggle rods 7, 7 to the'top end of leg'2 and thus presenting a non-racking framework made up of triangular reinforcing elements that are well arranged to insure stability of the entire framework. It also provides means for moving the convergent ends of rods 7, 7 from their locked position 8, around through 8 to the folded position 8,

without requiring them to slide lengthwise of the have necessitated the use of a front leg and a sliding tubular of members 7. My present arrangement provides a simple, less-expensive and leg 2, which would metal tube for the Having passed the.

leg 2 and rear legs 3, connected by the rods 4, swing toward the left, .into the folded position 8", 11

Meanwhile the: bars 9 have continued their movement of rotastructure that enables the legs and rods to be madeof wood, and can notbe affected by warping or swelling.

Having thus described my invention, whatf claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A folding ironing table having a. board to which is hinged a pair of rear legs and a central front leg and connecting rod means pivoted to the front leg andalso to the rear legs, said table also including locking rod members pivotally connected to the rear legs intermediate their ends in combination'with alatching toggle member having an end pivotally connected to the front legand adapted for endwise movement thereon, said toggle member being pivotally connected at its other end to the ends of said locking rod members,

a point adjacent the hinged end of said leg.

2. In a table central foldable'front leg pivoted to an ironing andlatching meansadapted to 'releasably fasten thesaid toggle member to the front leg at having foldable rear legs and a board, the said legs being operably joined by con-' 7 necting rods, means for locking said parts in their extended pOsitiOmsaid-means comprising a toggle jointpivotally connecting the rear legs at points intermediate their ends, with the said front leg,

there being a latch member on thetoggle adjacent its middle joint and a complemental latch member on' the front leg adjacent its hinge.

3. In a table having foldable rear legs and a central 'foldable front leg pivotedto an ironing board, thesaid legs being joined by connecting rods, means for keeping said parts in their extended position and for permitting them to be folded flatwise against the board, said means consisting of a pair of locking rod members pivotally" the rear legs, and a bar member pivoted at one end to the front leg andpivoted connected to at its other end to the convergent ends of said locking members whereby; there is presented a togglejoint, and a latch associated withsaid bar member and adaptedtoggle joint to the front leg.

CHARLES w. SADENWA'I'ER.

to releasably secure said 

